Heads up! If you who want to buy an expensive "Mercury-relate item" like a new cell phone, computer, car or truck - do so before February 21, when Mercury starts to slow down before it goes retrograde on February 26. Although Mercury retrograde will be technically over on March 21 - you're not in the clear until April 9. Forewarned is forearmed! Meanwhile, until March 6, Venus will move into its favourite sign Pisces triggering opportunities for romance and the arts. (Sweet bonus!) But the big news this week is Saturn will enter Aries for the first time in 30 years. (It was last there in 1996-1999.) This will bring a three-year window when self-denying discipline is combined with impulsive independence. Curious combination. Fashion might imitate the military with buttons and epaulettes. Fashionistas will wear camouflage - desperately hoping to be noticed.
Ta da! Saturn's move into your sign this week will send you off on a new path. In fact, this new path might be so different -- your daily wardrobe will change. Responsibilities might feel heavier; however, your newfound authority will attract respect from others -- a respect that is earned because you're willing to do whatever is necessary to get things done. Note: In the next two years, take care of your teeth and avoid accidents that could trigger broken bones. Don't be surprised if you feel a bit more introverted this year. It's time to focus on your new path and figure out who you really are, and what you really want.
Expect to start going through closets, garages and storage areas to get rid of what you no longer need. You will also let go of people and places because the next few years will be a time of streamlining and downsizing. This is not loss. Au contraire! You are lightening your load! You will feel a sense of closure as you establish boundaries, and let go of attitudes and habits that no longer serve your purpose. This is an opportunity to create self-discipline, which you will use to improve home and family, as well as explore creative opportunities in the arts, fun and pleasure!
In the next two years, you'll be more serious about your friendships and your alliances with groups and organizations. Whereas in the past, certain interactions might have been rewarding; going forward, you might find some friendships no longer give you the same results. You will also be more interested in establishing serious goals for the future. Many of you will find that by integrating your energy with some kind of group expression - you will receive greater fulfilment. Meanwhile, this continues to be a time when you are proud of your achievements and the respect you get from others. That's nice.
Saturn moves to the top of your chart this week, which means you will feel proud of your achievements in the next few years! (This will relate to whatever is going on right now in your life.) You might be proud to graduate from school, university, or a training course. You might be proud to get married or have a baby. You might feel proud about a promotion or starting your own business, or receiving an award or the acknowledgement of how well you're doing something. Certainly, others will respect you! Note: This can also be a time of failure as well as success because now you see clearly - what is working and what is not. Go with what works!
In the next few years, serious study will become meaningful for you. You might redefine your belief system. You might be inspired by new philosophies or choose to educate yourself further. Legal matters, publishing and long-range plans in medicine will appeal. Travel will be for a reason or a serious purpose. It's important to know that this is your window to prepare for a success that will culminate around 2028-2031. If you're aware of what you're trying to achieve, and where you're headed, you will realize that the next two years are your time to get performance ready to achieve your dreams!
In the next two-three years, you will work to pull your act together in terms of debt, finances, shared property, taxes and inheritances. Issues you might have avoided will now come to the fore demanding your attention. Fear not! You will approach these areas with more realism, acceptance, discipline and determination. You will even feel a sense of pleasure and accomplishment by sorting out loose details and getting on top of things. Other people's resources might be cut off or reduced, which will force you to stand on your own 2 feet. It's a time of maturation and growing up in terms of being responsible for yourself. Welcome this opportunity!
Saturn will be opposite your sign for the next two years testing partnerships and relationships. Relationships that are shaky might end. Other relationships will deal with these same tests and become stronger by making you assume responsibility for your actions and how they impact others. You'll discover how important it is to live up to the agreements, which are written literally (or invisibly on the wall). Your challenge will be to live up to these expectations. It doesn't matter what they actually are because it's all about your relationship with someone. You might receive recognition for your work because you're striking out with new ambitions for yourself.
This week Saturn returns to Aries for the first time since the mid-90s. It will be in that sign for the next several years, and it's interesting to note that Aries is similar to Scorpio. You will find that you're developing a more serious attitude and personal discipline to work hard and achieve more. Suddenly, you're gung-ho to accomplish as much as possible because you sense that your effectiveness as a human being is being tested. However, do not overwork or strain yourself! Treat your body as a tool that needs to be well cared for. Your determination to achieve as much as possible could lead to burnout in a few cases. Be careful. Nevertheless, you can look forward to getting a lot done! (Take care of your teeth.)
Some of you will have increased responsibilities with children in the next several years because many of you will take your parenting skills more seriously. Others will feel a stronger commitment to an artistic project. You will be more accepting of doing the routine, grunt work that is the inevitable aspect of many creative projects. Privately, some of you will be questioning your future and wondering what you want to be when you grow up? Ever since 2015, you have been developing a better sense of who you are, and what you want, and where you want to live. Now the question is - what do you really want to do? It's time to think about this.
You are a long-lived sign who wants a well-planned ending, in terms of making a will, establishing a home for yourself, and creating a situation that is favourable for your family. In the next few years, you will feel a stronger desire to explore these values more than ever, which is why you will do what you can to establish a firm base for yourself and your family. You might tackle major home repairs. You might move again. You will do whatever you can to solidify your home base. Some of you might expand your family. This is also a time of new beginnings for you because you now have a sense of who you are. Your future is wide open.
Saturn deals with form, structure and the real world. "Just the facts, ma'am." This week Saturn changes signs, which is an indication that in the next 2 to 3 years, you will have a job change, a residential move - or both. As you read these words, you might think this won't happen. But for many, it will! You're putting the final stages on the new you (which began around 2020) and this "finishing" process wants you to experience a different daily milieu, to refine how you see your world and how you communicate on a day-to-day basis. (It's often why we go on vacation because we suddenly "see" things with fresh eyes.) You might also withdraw a bit from your day-to-day world. Remember to focus on what is -- not what you think it should be.
This week you'll feel like a weight has been lifted from your shoulders! (I kid you not.) You'll feel younger, more energetic, more enthusiastic and certainly more hopeful about your future. You will be less afraid to make ambitious plans. You'll be more willing to dip your toe into the proverbial water. ("Jump in! It's great!") You will feel that things are starting to fall into place, and they kind of look like a plan for your future? (Dare we say? We did.) You have come through the dark night of the soul and you have survived! It's time now to learn what you truly value in life. Work to strengthen your financial scene as well as your sense of self-worth. Glory hallelujah!